Roof-carline.



PATENTED NOV. 1 1904.

G. B. MALTBY.

ROOF CARLINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1904.

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NO MODEL.

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G. B. MALTBY. ROOF GARLINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 27, 1904.

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-Fiili- .ImNm I hfiifiw -Eb WITNESSES UNITED STATES Patented November 1,1904.

PATENT OEETCE.

GEORGE B. MALTBY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO CLEVELAND CARSPECIALTY COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF WVEST VIRGINIA.

ROOF-CARLINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 773,954, dated November1, 1904;.

Application filed July 27, 1904.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. MALTBY, of Cleveland, in the county ofCuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Roof-Carlines, of which improvement the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to sheet or plate metal roof-carlines of thegeneral type which is exemplified in Letters Patent of the United StatesNo. 649,171, granted and issued to me and to Broderick Haskell (asassignee of twothirds of the right) under date of May 8, 1900, and inLetters Patent of the United States No. 7 42,465, granted and issued tothe Cleveland Car Specialty Company (as my assignee) under date ofOctober 27, 1903. The object of my present invention is to provide aroof-carline which shall embody theadvantageous features of those setforth in Letters Patent Nos. 649,171 and 742,465, aforesaid, and whichshall afford further improved facilities for attachment to a car-frameside plate and for the reception of a wood filler, if desired.

The improvement claimed is hereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view in elevation ofslightly more than one-half in length of a roof-carline embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same portion thereof; Figs.3 and 4, transverse sections on the lines a a and b b, respectively, ofFig. 1; Fig. 5, an end view in elevation; Fig. 6, a side view inelevation of slightly more than one-half in length of a roof-carline,illustrating a modification of structural detail; Fig. 7, a plan or topview of the same portion thereof; Figs. 8 and 9, transverse sections onthe lines 0 c and (Z (Z, respectively, of Fig. 6; Fig. 10, an end viewvin elevation, and Fig. 11 a plan view of one of the end portions of acarline having its upper flange widened at and adjoining its ends.

Referring first to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, in the practice of myinvention I provide a roof- Seiial No. 218,340. (No model.)

upper flange being at such an angle on each side of its middle portionas may be adapted to impart the desired pitch to the roof. The web istherefore subject to shearing strain, and the upper and lower flangesare respectively tension and compression members. As the flanges projectfrom the web one directly above the other, they provide an intermediatespace for receiving the end filling-blocks presently to be described andin which, if desired, a filling-strip of wood may be inserted and besecured by bolts to the web of the carline.

In order to provide suitable bearings for the ridge-pole and purlins ofthe roof, the metal of the web 1 and upper flange 1 is, as in thecarline of Letters Patent No. 742,465, aforesaid, turned outwardly atthe middle of the carline and at suitable distances therefrom betweenthe middle and the ends, so as to form seats or pockets 6 ofchannel-section in which the ridge-pole and purlins are fitted and towhich they are secured by bolts passing through perforations 8 in-theseats.

The carline is secured to the side plates 7 of the car-frame throughcast-metal fillingblocks or spacers 11, which are fitted in the openspaces between the upper and lower flanges of the carline and aresecured to said flanges by bolts orrivets 12. The fillingblocks areprovided with downwardly-extending lips or flanges 11, which abutagainst the outer faces of the side plates, and the carlines areconnected to the side plates by vertical bolts 13, which pass throughthe upper and lower flanges and the interposed filling-blocks and areprovided with nuts 13 abutting on the bottoms of the side plates.

The carline shown in Figs. (5 to 11, inclusive, accords in allsubstantial particulars with that above described, its minor structuralmodifications being the following: The carline is straight on its underside-that is, it has no camber-and the web 1 is lightened and stiflenedby cutting out a portion of its metal on each side of its middle, so asto provide openings 14, having flanges 14 around their edges. Thefilling-blocks 11 are, as in the instance first described, fitted in thespace between the upper and lower flanges of the carlines, but are notriveted thereto, being in this case in the form of thimbles throughwhich and through the flanges the bolts 13, which secure the carline tothe side plates, are passed. As an additional connecting means bracketsor angle-pieces 15 may be riveted to the lower flange 1, said bracketsabutting against the inner faces of the side-plates and being securedthereto by horizontal bolts 16.

As shown in Fig. 11, the upper flange 1 may, if desired, be widened atand adjoining the ends of the web and be thence tapered inwardly to itsnormal width. The upper flange is in this case turned to formdownwardly-extending lips l at its ends, which lips abut against theouter faces of the side plates and are secured thereto by horizontalbolts 17. The carline is also connected to the side plates by verticalbolts 13, passing through the filling-blocks, as before described, andmay be further secured by supplemental vertical bolts 13, passingthrough the widened portions of the flanges and through the side plates.

In addition to the advantages of strength, lightness, and facility ofapplication in ordinary car-"framing which are possessed by the carlinesof the Letters Patent hereinbefore re ferred to my presentinventionembodies those of capability of manufacture at reduced cost, greatervertical stiffness and strength for the same amount of material, andimproved facilities for the connectionof the carline to the side plates.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Asheet or plate metal roof-carline having an integral body ofchannel-section, comprising a vertical web which gradually diminishes indepth from its middle toward its ends, and upper and lower lateralflanges projecting from the same side of the web and presenting anintermediate open space adapted to receive connecting members at itsends.

2. A sheet or plate metal roof-carline having an integral body ofchannel-section, comprising a vertical web which gradually diminishes indepth from its middle toward its ends, upper and lower lateral flangesprojecting from the same side of the web and presenting an intermediateopen space adapted to receive connecting members at its ends, anddownwardly-turned lips on the ends of the upper lateral flange.

3. A sheet or plate metal roof-carline having an integral body ofchannel-section comprising a vertical web which gradually diminishes indepth from its middle toward its ends, upper and lower lateral flangesprojecting from the same side of the web and presenting an intermediateopen space adapted to receive connecting members at its ends, the upperlateral flange being outwardly extended, at and near its ends, to agreater width than at its middle portion and thence tapering inwardly,and downwardly-turned lips on the ends of the upper lateral flange.

4:. A sheet or plate metal roof-carline having an integral body ofchannel-section, comprising a vertical web which gradually diminishes indepth from its middle toward its ends and has longitudinal flangedopenings in its body and upper and lower lateral flanges projecting fromthe same side of the web and presenting an intermediate open spaceadapted to receive connecting members at its ends.

5. A sheet or plate metal roof-carline having an integral body ofchannel-section, comprising a vertical web which gradually diminishes indepth from its middle toward its ends, upper and lower lateral flangesprojecting from the same side of the web and presenting an intermediateopen space adapted to receive connecting members at its ends, andlaterallyprojecting seats or pockets, of channel-section, formed in theweb and upper flange.

6. The combination of a sheet or plate metal roof-carline having anintegral body of channel-section, comprising a vertical web whichgradually diminishes in depth from its middle to its ends and upper andlower lateral flanges projecting from the same side of the web,filling-blocks fitting in the space between the flanges, at the ends ofthe carline, car-frame side plates, and connectingbolts passing throughthe flanges, filling-blocks, and side plates.

7. The combination of a sheet or plate metal roof-carline having anintegral body of channel-section comprising a vertical web whichgradually diminishes in depth from its middle to its ends and upper andlower lateral flanges projecting from the same side of the web, carframeside plates, filling-blocks fitting in the space between the flanges, atthe ends of the carline, and having depending flanges abutting againstthe side plates, and connectingbolts passing through the flanges,fillingblocks, and side plates.

8. The combination of asheet or plate metal the side plates, horizontalconnectingbolts roof-carline having an integral body of chanpassingthrough said brackets and through nel-section comprising a vertical Webwhich the side plates, and vertical connecting-bolts graduallydiminishes in depth from its middle passing-through the flanges,filling-blocks, and

5 to its ends and upper and louierlatilaralflang fis side plates.

projecting from t 1e same sic e of tie web, w i ling-blocks fitting inthe space between the GEORGE MALIBY' flanges, at the ends of thecarline, car-frame Witnesses: side plates, brackets secured to the lowerlat- W. S. BIDLE, IO eral flange of the carline and abutting against F.C. TEGTMILLER.

